Setting Out for Black Cloud City

"It's a monster from Black Cloud City! Hide!"

The Cyclops on watch warned the crowd, and the Cyclops in the village immediately hid inside their rooms.

"No, they're coming for us. Prepare the sacrifices!" the priest said, watching the approaching dark clouds.

"What... is... this... thing?" Old Wang asked, still stammering.

"These are monsters from Black Cloud City. They specifically capture people from villages in the endless mountains like us and bring us to Black Cloud City, a city controlled by Demon, to be slaves and food!"

"You should leave now. This dark cloud is heading towards our village. Its target is probably us Cyclops. It won't chase you!" the priest explained to Old Wang.

"Aren't you going to run?" Old Wang asked.

"We can't escape. It's already locked onto us. If we try to run away, we'll be killed."

"We can only offer them a few more people; we old folks are always ready to do this!" the priest said.

His words were filled with helplessness; it seemed he had been enduring these dark clouds for many, many days!

"Why didn't you resist?" Old Wang asked again.

"Resist? So what if you succeed? Just like the Ogre villages of the past, what did it matter if they successfully shot down Black Cloud? They were still wiped out by the Legendary of Black Cloud City!"

"Those who don't Legendary are ultimately just ants; without the protection of Legendary figures, they can only obediently cooperate!"

While answering Old Wang's question, the priest was also thinking with his old friends about who should step up later.

"Just because it's Legendary doesn't Legendary you can just take down those things?"

"Yes!" The priest seemed to be getting impatient. Why wasn't this iron lump moving?

Old Wang nodded upon hearing this, but instead of taking action immediately, he decided to examine what the dark cloud was.

The Cyclops priest elder's judgment was absolutely correct; the dark cloud was indeed heading their way.

When it got close enough, Old Wang finally saw what it was.

The dark cloud turned out to be a swarm of enormous, unidentified black bats, flying densely together and forming a dark cloud.

After the dark cloud reached the sky above the Cyclops Tribe, the Cyclops priest and others knelt down.

Old Wang certainly wouldn't kneel; he sat down, not wanting to draw too much attention since he hadn't figured out the situation yet.

After the Black Clouds stopped above the tribe, two ferocious-looking Winged Demon descended from the clouds.

Although Old Wang wanted to observe further, the Lord of the Elements was still too conspicuous among the group of Cyclops.

The two Demon pointed at Old Wang and said, "You, come with us!"

"Sir, he is not from our village, this is against the rules!" the priest said.

"We are the rules!" the Winged Demon declared, gathering Magic Energy in its hands before unleashing an energy whip that lashed out at the priest.

At the age of a priest, being hit by such an attack would either kill him or severely injure him.

Old Wang knew he couldn't just watch the show anymore, so he swiftly moved in front of the priest and shielded it from the attack.

Then he flashed again, appearing in front of the two Demons and grabbing them.

Although these two Demons were over 10 meters tall, they were still somewhat inferior to the Lord of the Elements.

Old Wang easily lifted them up, then used his domain to imprison them before saying, word by word, "I've heard... there's Legendary that I can kill you without being held accountable, is that true?"

"It's a misunderstanding, sir! This is a misunderstanding! We were unaware that the Cyclops Tribe already had Legendary. We'll go report to them right away and then bring you into the city!" said one of the Demon.

"What kind of rule is this?" Old Wang asked the priest.

"Villages possessing Legendary combat power can be entered into the city for residence, and can even be promoted to become Demon Clan within the city!"

"This is a rule of the Black Cloud Domain, and it has been passed down for a very, very long time!" said the priest.

"You don't seem surprised that I'm Legendary!" Old Wang suddenly asked.

"Our clan has some Special Ability that allow us to distinguish Legendary powerhouses. The Single Horn brought you here because they recognized your identity!" The priest did not hide the fact that it had known about Old Wang's identity for a long time.

Old Wang originally thought the villagers were a bunch of brainless muscle monsters, but he never expected them to be a group of highly intelligent monsters.

Those two seemingly simple-minded Cyclops actually knew his Legendary identity from the very beginning; everything he did was just an act.

There is indeed no such thing as love without a reason in this world!

Now that they've stopped acting, it's probably because they're planning to go into the city, but they're afraid that they'll blame them later if they find out about their Special Ability.

What kind of world is this anyway?

"Alright!" Old Wang said, releasing the two bat Demon, but they didn't dare to run away.

Within the Black Cloud City, Legendary of gods; they are well aware of the power of these Legendary figures and know they cannot escape.

"What's next?" Old Wang asked the Cyclops priest.

After the priest bowed to him, he had all his people brought out. They then bowed to the Old Wang together before speaking to the two Winged Demons:

"Please, gentlemen, lead us into the city!"

The two Winged Demon felt a chill run down their spines looking at the more than one hundred Cyclops. How much energy would it take to bring so many people!

How did such a lucrative position turn into this? Where did they find this Legendary? Isn't this all Three-Headed Hound's territory? How could it let other Legendary in?

But even though I think about it, I still have to bring them. If I don't, this Legendary will just kill them here and no one will care.

After exchanging glances and biting each other, they helplessly summoned a swarm of bats, a dark cloud, which pulled the Cyclops up one by one.

"I can fly myself, so I don't need to, right?" Old Wang said to the two Demons, looking at the bats flying towards him.

"This..."

"My lord, without the Black Cloud Bat leading the way, no race can fly out of this Endless Mountains; they can only go around in circles!"

"This is the curse of the fallen god of the Endless Mountains. That god's mount was the Black Cloud Bat, which is why they have this ability," the Cyclops priest immediately explained.

It seems its guess was correct; this suddenly appearing Legendary is not a native of the Endless Mountains, but rather someone who was exiled there.

Otherwise, he wouldn't be so out of place in the Endless Mountains, both in appearance and language.

He was really lucky; he happened to run into the terrifying Three-Headed Hound while it was out hunting, and he also happened to encounter Da Mao and his companion.

Otherwise, he might have been eaten by the Three-Headed Hound long ago, or lost in the Endless Mountains and died.

But wasn't this also a stroke of Lucky for the Cyclops? If it weren't for Da Mao and Single Horn discovering him and leading him out, he would have wiped out his entire race just because they had deceived him!

They sensed the extraordinary kindness of this adult through their interactions, which led them to plan for their Cyclops race to return to Black Cloud City several hundred years after their ancestors' fall.

God bless the Cyclops!

After hearing the one-eyed priest's explanation, Old Wang finally understood why he hadn't gone out.

Then it explained to Old Wang why Da Mao and Single Horn could walk freely: it was because they had tattoos on their bodies made of the Bloodmark of Black Cloud Bat.

Old Wang had no choice but to be carried by these bats, which was a real hardship for the Winged Demon brothers.

Although the Lord of the Elements was only slightly taller than the Cyclops, he was made entirely of steel, and his density was several times greater than theirs.

Old Wang alone is worth several Cyclops; they've basically worked for nothing this month.

"That old blind man actually said we'd have a miraculous encounter on this trip. If I don't smash up his stall when we get back, I'll have wasted my time in the Black Cloud Guard!"

"You haven't been wasting your time, have you? You think you can beat that blind man?"

"I can't beat them, but I can smash them secretly at night!"

"You're a real dog..."

The group set off, stumbling and struggling, and Old Wang was finally about to enter the city!

They flew forward at a rather slow pace.

However, Old Wang was not in a hurry. Along the way, he kept asking the Cyclops priest about the problems of this world.

It was very open and honest, seemingly determined to curry favor with Old Wang. However, this Cyclops priest was, after all, just a priest in a small, remote village.

Moreover, this world is too primitive; it only knows a few things about these Endless Mountains and Black Cloud City.

It didn't even know who the current rulers of this world and Black Cloud City were, after all, the Cyclops' glory had been over for some time since its birth.

They were driven out of Black Cloud City even when they were still young.